Instructional Video3:38
SciShow Kids

What’s Your Funny Bone?

K - 5th
Sometimes, when you bump your elbow really hard, your arm can get all weird and tingly, all the way down to your fingers! Some people call that "hitting your funny bone," but what you're hitting isn't a bone at all!
Instructional Video5:35
SciShow

Is Your Dog As Smart As A Two Year Old?

12th - Higher Ed
You’ve heard that dogs are basically furry toddlers, with cognitive abilities on par with a 2 year old human. But while that might make sense on some levels, the minds of distinct species can work very differently.
Instructional Video15:17
TED Talks

Elizabeth Howell: How we can improve maternal healthcare -- before, during and after pregnancy

12th - Higher Ed
Shocking, but true: the United States has the highest rate of deaths for new mothers of any developed country -- and 60 percent of them are preventable. With clarity and urgency, physician Elizabeth Howell explains the causes of maternal...
Instructional Video3:56
SciShow Kids

Roar! Meet the Big Cats! Animal Science for Kids

K - 5th
Can you tell a leopard from a jaguar? How are lions different from tigers -- other than those stripes? Jessi introduces you to the four big cats!
Instructional Video15:31
SciShow Kids

Brr! 5 Videos about Winter!

K - 5th
The snow is really coming down where Jessi lives, so she and Squeaks decided to stay indoors where it's nice and warm and look back on some of the amazing things they've learned about winter! Grab a fuzzy sweater and a mug of cocoa and...
Instructional Video3:03
SciShow Kids

Why Can’t I Eat Peanut Butter?

K - 5th
Some people (maybe you!) can't eat certain foods because they're allergic to them. People can have an allergic reaction to almost any kind of food, or even other things, like bee stings! But all allergies have something in common: our...
Instructional Video10:02
TED Talks

Nigel Marsh: How to make work-life balance work

12th - Higher Ed
Work-life balance, says Nigel Marsh, is too important to be left in the hands of your employer. Marsh lays out an ideal day balanced between family time, personal time and productivity -- and offers some stirring encouragement to make it...
Instructional Video7:27
SciShow

The Evolution of Male Homosexuality

12th - Higher Ed
Hank goes from space to sex and then to motherhood, covering the SpaceX launch, a mission to the moons of Jupiter, intersexual workplace rivalries, the evolution of male homosexuality, the fossil evidence of squishy baby skulls, toddler...
Instructional Video2:31
SciShow Kids

Blobfish: The World's Ugliest Animal | Biology for Kids | SciShow Kids

K - 5th
The blobfish has been called "The World's Ugliest Animal", but it's actually really cool. Find out why it's shaped the way it is with Jessi and Squeaks.
Instructional Video9:59
TED Talks

TED: What we don't know about mother's milk | Katie Hinde

12th - Higher Ed
Breast milk grows babies' bodies, fuels neurodevelopment, provides essential immunofactors and safeguards against famine and disease -- why, then, does science know more about tomatoes than mother's milk? Katie Hinde shares insights into...
Instructional Video14:43
TED Talks

TED: Why teens confess to crimes they didn't commit | Lindsay Malloy

12th - Higher Ed
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. Why do juveniles falsely confess to crimes? What makes them more vulnerable than adults to this shocking,...
Instructional Video12:23
TED Talks

Ali Carr-Chellman: Gaming to re-engage boys in learning

12th - Higher Ed
In her talk, Ali Carr-Chellman pinpoints three reasons boys are tuning out of school in droves, and lays out her bold plan to re-engage them: bringing their culture into the classroom, with new rules that let boys be boys, and video...
Instructional Video2:50
SciShow

Kids and Sugar: The Sweet-and-Lowdown

12th - Higher Ed
If you've heard it once, you've heard it a thousand times: Parents blaming their kids' active behavior on sugar. But is it true? Hank gives you sweet-and-lowdown on the extent to which sugar can and can't affect behavior, in kids and...
Instructional Video9:44
TED Talks

TED: The power of diversity within yourself | Rebeca Hwang

12th - Higher Ed
Rebeca Hwang has spent a lifetime juggling identities -- Korean heritage, Argentinian upbringing, education in the United States -- and for a long time she had difficulty finding a place in the world to call home. Yet along with these...
Instructional Video3:42
SciShow Kids

Why Are Wet Dogs Smelly?

K - 5th
Squeaks and Jessi made a new friend, Cassie the puppy! They gave her a bath after playing in the mud, but now she smells even worse than before! Why do wet dogs smell so bad?!
Instructional Video6:18
SciShow Kids

Life in the Redwoods | Surprising Animals of the Redwood Forest

K - 5th
Jessi and Squeaks are learning more about the redwoods, and all the different animals that live in the different layers! Second Grade Next Generation Science Standards Disciplinary Core Idea: LS4.D: Biodiversity and Humans - There are...
Instructional Video12:25
TED Talks

TED: How racism harms pregnant women -- and what can help | Miriam Zoila Perez

12th - Higher Ed
Racism is making people sick -- especially black women and babies, says Miriam Zoila Perez. The doula turned journalist explores the relationship between race, class and illness and tells us about a radically compassionate prenatal care...
Instructional Video3:02
SciShow Kids

What Is Squid Ink?

K - 5th
Our friend the Giant Squid inspired a SciShow Kids viewer to write us and ask, 'What is squid ink, and can you write with it?' Jessi has the answers!
Instructional Video3:29
SciShow Kids

Solar-Powered Slugs

K - 5th
We need to eat food to fuel our bodies, but this special slug, called emerald elysia, can make food using sunlight - just like plants do! All organisms have external parts. Different animals use their body parts in different ways to see,...
Instructional Video5:32
SciShow Kids

The Very Long Time of the Dinosaurs! | History of Life! | SciShow Kids

K - 5th
Dino stops by the Fort to learn all about dinosaurs with Jessi and Squeaks! Did you know that dinosaurs were on Earth for so long that not all dinosaurs lived at the same time?! 2nd Grade Next Generation Science Standards Science and...
Instructional Video7:12
TED Talks

TED: How to be a good ancestor | Roman Krznaric

12th - Higher Ed
Our descendants own the future, but the decisions and actions we make now will tremendously impact generations to come, says philosopher Roman Krznaric. From a global campaign to grant legal personhood to nature to a groundbreaking...
Instructional Video3:36
SciShow Kids

The World Under a Rock!

K - 5th
Check out life under a rock to see what you can learn about insects, spiders, and other animals!
Instructional Video2:47
SciShow Kids

Why Do We Blink?

K - 5th
Ever have a staring contest? Why is it so hard?! Jessi answers a question from a curious SciShow Kids viewer: Why do we blink?
Instructional Video10:39
TED Talks

Stephen Friend: The hunt for "unexpected genetic heroes"

12th - Higher Ed
What can we learn from people with the genetics to get sick — who don't? With most inherited diseases, only some family members will develop the disease, while others who carry the same genetic risks dodge it. Stephen Friend suggests we...